Caption: Booklet - Life of President Lincoln on his Birthday (1896)
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I Ili wax • f se I li li ii up self-imp rtance, ol politi I hat ol I beat ^ unst him, but t he IN »«•;, stood th The tiin< were unusual. The whole w ;i- a n i i l i t a rv ea in p. The ti na n«ia i c*i*eed. i II mntrv , ' m overl hr w n. ( i (lit wa s low a ml 11 n nenl began print in its i >\\n m >ney. Th m < h < army and navy \\ enormous, and the busii transactions wei su h as \\ had n r in I bet re. Greed was i mpant. The wril of httl rptutwas suspended and laws wer hap 1 t suit unusual circumstanc s. The r suiting commotion threw all manner of minds into activity. Th< I tnd the bad, the wise and the crank-s. all ame t the surface, and all mcentrated and in1 jnsified at the pr sidential office, bul the President adhered t hi imple creed and went steadily on his way. He tr< ii I all patiently, but frankly. He had :n intuitive >ns of proper persp tive; he knew the tru importance of things. When a company :' mperance people came to ask thai General rant be removed because he drank too much, he inquired what kind of liquor he drank, and said he wanted to k n o w so he could s rid some t o o t h e r nerals thai thev misrht win such victories as Grant was winning*. "Temperance is a good 1 thin " h aid -hut we are saving the Union now. ' 'I'h intrepid confederate army made no more trouble in front than the sincere but impatient volition I iders did behind him. To Horace Gree1, the r e a t e s l of A m e r i c a n e d i t >rs. h i s p a r t y a s - ociat w r o t <•: ud the stin ing thorn in his flesh, he I have hint read yxmr.s of the IOth instant, addi (| to myself through the New York T r i b u n e / '
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